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“He is glad they had the chance to speak and it was a respectful conversation”

Lafferty told The New York Times that Cruz, a Texas Republican, called her on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

He first offered condolences for her loss, calling the shooting “an unspeakable tragedy,” the paper said.

“I think, at the end, we agreed to disagree,” Lafferty is quoted as saying in the Times. “I think I stumped him a bit. I made my point that the purpose of being in Congress is to debate and to vote. And that is what his state elected him to do. Not to hide behind a filibuster. That is not doing his job.”

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“I think I stumped him a bit. I made my point that the purpose of being in Congress is to debate and to vote. And that is what his state elected him to do. Not to hide behind a filibuster. That is not doing his job.”

I like how she thinks she stumped him. Just like how she has no clue she’s been turned into one of the anti-gun lobby’s pawns. It’s a terrible thing what happened, but all this preening isn’t going to bring anyone back from the dead and all the laws they want sure aren’t going to prevent the next tragedy.

Senator Cruz is doing the job we sent him to do… stop more insane legislation from coming out of the Senate. He is doing that job very well, thankyouverymuch. Further, the filibuster is one of the few tools the minority party has and, while it shouldn’t be abused, it is there for that very purpose… to stop the majority party from ruling by party line vote.

She didn’t stump him on anything. He was just too polite to call her a dunce.

I agree with you. Cruz is but a precious few who, so far, is trying to help our nation. I am very proud of him keeping his word if we voted for him he would do his best and hope he continues to do so.
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